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詰つめる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up
The bag was stuffed full of dirt.
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
2. to shorten; to move closer together
Even without turning around, I could tell that the distance was rapidly closing.
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
3. to reduce (spending); to conserve
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
4. to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do
usu. as 根を詰める
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
5. to go through thoroughly; to work out (details); to bring to a conclusion; to wind up
There is no need to work out the countermeasures to that extent.
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
6. to be on duty; to be stationed
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
7. to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
8. to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.)
the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai
Auxiliary verb (1-dan)
9. to do non-stop; to do continuously; to keep doing (without a break)
10. to do completely; to do thoroughly
11. to force someone into a difficult situation by ...
Alt. forms
詰つめる
85%
つめる
14%
Kanji used
詰
packed with
Pitch accent
つ
め
る
Top 2900
Conjugations...Used in: 3452
Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
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Examples (14 in total)
Pack as much as you can into this!
I finally exhaled the breath I had been holding.
I packed the change of clothes I had brought into the bag.
Keep the barrel filled with water.
Wine is poetry in bottles.
Even without turning around, I could tell that the distance was rapidly closing.
The bag was stuffed full of dirt.
There is no need to work out the countermeasures to that extent.
I probably am bad at closing the distance.
Tom packed a lunch for Mary to take to school.
I am packing the ingredients I just bought today into the refrigerator.
I looked for the box and manual, repacked them, and shoved them into a paper bag.
She helped me pack my suitcase.
After that, they sent another envoy to finalize the details regarding the meeting location.